8 Days Yunnan Wonders Tour

Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1: Arrive at Kunming (No meals)

  Take your flight from home to Kunming airport. Start your wonderful adventure to Yunnan from the Spring City. Be transferred to hotel and have a good rest in our well selective hotel.

  Recommended Hotel: Kunming New Era Hotel ****

• Day 2:  Kunming (Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Stone Forest

  Today you will visit the natural masterpiece in Kunming, the Stone Forest. The various shapes of limestone were formed due to millions of years' movement of the Earth. Furthermore, you will enjoy a minority dance show at the park. Enjoy a locan lunch nearby and back to Kunming city.

  Recommended Hotel: Kunming New Era Hotel ****

  

• Day 3:  Kunming-Dali (Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Xizhou Village, Erhai Lake and Cangshan Mountain

  Take a bullet train(2.5 hours) from Kunming to Daili in the early morning. Our guide will pick you up at Dali railway station and start your city tour soon. Visit the Xizhou Village where you will see houses of the Bai minority people and experience the real life of locals. Have a bike ride along Erhai in the afternoon to enjoy the flowers, lake and the Cangshan Mountain. Moreover, you can have a good view of Three Pagodas far away. Have a lunch at a nearby local restaurant.

  Recommended Hotel: Gurong Hotel ****

  

• Day 4:  Dali-Lijiang(Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Lijiang Ancient Town and Black Dragon Pool Park

  Take a 3-hour bullet train from Dali to Lijiang. Enjoy your lunch and start the tour in Lijiang. Lijiang Ancient Town is the best-preserved minority ancient city now. You still can see the ancient houses, bridges and canals in the town. You can climb up to the Lion Hill who is in the backside of ancient  town to see the whole view. After that you can visit the Black Dragon Pool Park, where you can have a view of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in a long distance. Stay overnight in Lijiang Ancient Town.

  Recommended Hotel:Ivy Garden Resort Hotel ****

• Day 5:  Lijiang(Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight:  Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Baisha Murals

  Go to visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain by taking a cable car. You will find a totally different paradise as you see outstanding and thrilling natural beauty. Back to Lijiang and enjoy a lunch on the way. Then continue your tour to Baisha Murals at Baisha Village. Know more about the Naxi nationality.

  Recommended Hotel: Ivy Garden Resort Hotel ****

  

• Day 6 Lijinag-Shangri-la(Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Transfer to Shangrila

  Take a 1.5-hour bullet train from Lijiang to Shangrila. Be met by your guide at the Shangrila hotel and transferred to hotel. Have a good rest in hotel to adapt the high altitude of 3200 meters.

  Recommended Hotel:The 5th Meteorite · Light-year Hotel****

• Day 7:  Shangrila(Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Songzanlin Lamasery and Pudacuo National Park

  Begin your tour to Shangrila from Songzanlin Lamasery which is the largest Tibetan Buddhist Lamasery in Yunnan Province. Then visit Pudacuo National Park. It is a huge national park similar to Yellow Stone Park. You need to walk through to visit different spots, such as Lake Bita and Lake Shudu. You will be impressed by the well-preserved ecosystem within the virgin forests.

  Recommended Hotel:The 5th Meteorite · Light-year Hotel****

  

• Day 8: Depart from Shangrila (Breakfast)

  Be transferred to Shangrila airport to take a flight home. Your China tour will end soon but your memory of China will last for days.